The Truckee #River flows eastward from Truckee, #California and down along I-80 into northern Nevada, with #trails along much of it, giving scenic views such as this just a few miles east of Truckee, for #ColorADay #GreenSat and #BlueSkyArtShow #flowing.
#landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #hiking
A pair of galaxies sit side by side. On the right is a roughly circular lenticular galaxy. It has a bright yellow-white center, surrounded by a slightly bluish ring, and then a series of concentric shells, which appear as arc-like glowing features with sharp outer edges. Swooping vertically across the galaxy is a stream of faint, translucent white material, which also forms a horizontal line above the galaxy. On the left is a smaller spiral galaxy. It has a yellow-white center that transitions into poorly-defined spiral arms that are dotted with blue star clusters. The outer parts of the spiral arms are a translucent, hazy white, similar to its lenticular companion. The black background of space is dotted with stars and small background galaxies.
Dark Energy Survey image of Arp 227, also known as NGC 470 and NGC 474.
This interacting galaxy pair consists of a spiral galaxy (NGC 470, left) and a lenticular galaxy with spectacular shells (NGC 474, right).
Credit: DES, DOE, Fermilab, NCSA & CTIO, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA
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Btw, the shadows are getting longer again and the Antarctic winter will soon take over.....
Volcano Erebus about 3495m, Ross Island, Antarctica
📸🛰 #Sentinel2
Footage: @sentinelonline.bsky.social
Breathe
Jeff Dillon
2022
This is beautiful.
A monochrome close-up image of the layered wing feathers of a crow.
For #FeatheredFriday, the wings of a crow
#photography #birds #crow #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri 📷🦉🪶
Breath the Alps… captured at the Mt Pelvoux, France
They tell you not to make any of these compositional choices.
Nice!
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Factory Butte at Sunset, Utah, USA by Drema Swader
Photo of a rivulet of water splashing down some mossy rocks at the edge of a little stream swollen by snow melt.
As the snow melts the woods abound with diamonds. The #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Flowing all day Saturday. Link to the feed in comments.
#photography #waterfalls #closeup #spring #thaw
She's beautiful!
This dramatic pair of interacting galaxies are located in the southern constellation Fornax (The Furnace). The largest, NGC 1316, is also known as Fornax A, meaning it is the brightest radio source in Fornax (also the fourth brightest in the entire sky). The strong radio emission originates from its central supermassive black hole. Visible near its bright centre are many concentric shells that are remnants of past mergers with other galaxies. The formation of such shells are a common observation in computer simulations of merging galaxies. The shells form when the cores of merging galaxies orbit around their common centre of mass in an ever tighter orbit while disrupting the halos of both galaxies and sending billions of stars into eccentric orbits. This process creates outward travelling density waves until the collision eventually settles as one single larger galaxy. Other prominent galaxies display similar shells and one of the finest examples is Centaurus A The halo of the galaxy is very distorted and shows many prominent tidal tails and swirls of stars which have likely been ejected by a previous merger event. The next collision appears to be lining up already, with the smaller elegantly shaped spiral companion NGC 1317 already appearing somewhat disturbed by the pull from its more massive neighbour. A few billion years from now it will likely have been completely devoured by NGC 1316; its stars being spread throughout the realms of the large elliptical and leaving...
Colliding Galaxy Pair NGC 1316 and NGC 1317 in Fornax - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/KECMvS
Diamond Ring 2/2
...I'll buy you shiny
Diamond ring,
- or fetch the moon,
if that's your thing.
Say you'll be mine,
forevermore,
and I'll set sail
for lunar shore.
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Twizel, New Zealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
Waking up before dawn to catch a sunrise in Monument Valley is an unforgettable experience. Standing alone in silence as the sky paints itself with pink and orange is breathtaking—a true natural wonder.
#monumentvalley #sunrise #landscape #sky #nature #southwest #photography
Havasu Creek, Grand Canyon, AZ
Olympus OM1📷 Kodachrome 25🎞️
#Flowing #BlueSkyArtShow #ClassicMono #filmphotography🎞️#EastCoastKin
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Wood Duck, USA by Christopher Schlaf
Black and white photo of a row of tiny icicles glistening in late winter sun
Frozen flow.
The #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Flowing all day Saturday. Link to the feed in comments.
#photography #ClassicMono #icicles #sunlight
Paris #photography #blackandwhite
Blue sky reflecting off the Colorado River, #Flowing through a canyon near Moab, Utah. #BlueSkyArtShow
#photography #landscape #landscapephotography
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Dandelion, Escapee (2026)
#botanical #macro #nature #photography
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Left Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving. This image was acquired on March 4, 2026 (Sol 1791) at the local mean solar time of 09:37:13. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Raw data https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/NLF_1791_0825924952_307EBY_N0860700SCAM01791_00_0LLJ
TIRE TRACKS ON MARS
Perseverance takes pictures of sun through Martian dust, revealing sunspots invisible from Earth. Today was a little different.
Perseverance skipped sun & pointed its📸at the ground instead.
Perseverance photographed its own tire tracks.
But why? These photos tell us a lot.
NASA image acquired October 28, 2011 This stunning, and as of yet unnamed, crater lies within the Caloris basin. Its floor provides another example of the beautiful "hollows" found on Mercury and has an etched appearance similar to that found in the crater Tyagaraja. This image was acquired as a high-resolution targeted observation. Targeted observations are images of a small area on Mercury's surface at resolutions much higher than the 250-meter/pixel (820 feet/pixel) morphology base map or the 1-kilometer/pixel (0.6 miles/pixel) color base map. It is not possible to cover all of Mercury's surface at this high resolution during MESSENGER's one-year mission, but several areas of high scientific interest are generally imaged in this mode each week. The MESSENGER spacecraft is the first ever to orbit the planet Mercury, and the spacecraft's seven scientific instruments and radio science investigation are unraveling the history and evolution of the Solar System's innermost planet. Visit the Why Mercury? section of this website to learn more about the key science questions that the MESSENGER mission is addressing. During the one-year primary mission, MDIS is scheduled to acquire more than 75,000 images in support of MESSENGER's science goals. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington NASA image use policy. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Sc...
MESSENGER View of Mercury's Caloris Basin - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/aCLGkd
Of Interest: Firdousi is a relatively fresh impact crater approximately 96 kilometers (60 miles) in diameter. Its abundant secondary craters dominate the surroundings, and many have haloes of high-reflectance, relatively blue ejecta. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Original image: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/multimedia/messenger... More about the MESSENGER mission to Mercury: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/main/index.html messenger.jhuapl.edu/index.php For information regarding the use of MESSENGER images, see the image use policy: messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/image_use.html View the Mercury MESSENGER photoset: www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@N05/sets/72157626546158766/ _____________________________________________ These official NASA photographs are being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photographs. The photographs may not be used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement by NASA. All Images used must be credited. For information on usage rights please visit: www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelin...
Mercury Close-up: Sprinkles of Blue (NASA, MESSENGER, 08/14/11) - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/bxQ74T
I don't even have words for how beautiful and perfect this is.
One of my favorite spots where I have spent many an hour and many days enjoying this view. The clouds in this particular shot weee quite beautiful and indicative of something bold on its way.
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#scape
#landscape
#monumentvalley
#clouds
#leica
Lovely photo. The colors are beautiful and the background is amazing.
Close-up photograph of golden-yellow alstroemeria flowers (Peruvian lily) against a soft-focused background of blues and teals. Three blooms are visible with distinctive tiger-striped markings radiating from their centers in dark burgundy lines. The petals glow with warm yellow and orange tones. Delicate stamens and unopened buds extend gracefully from dark green stems. The dreamy bokeh background creates a cool contrast to the warm flower tones.
Summer's Echo #Warmth #BlueSkyArtShow #ArtYear #Nature #Photography
Beautiful.
